先阅读短文，掌握其大意。然后从方框中所给的词中选出恰当的10个，并用其适当形式填空，每个词限用一次。（每小题1分）
something, write, when, gift, understand, member,
birthday, lucky, easy, like, different, secret.
If your birthday is coming, what presents will your parents buy for you? It's not 1. for Chinese parents to choose a birthday present for their children. Many American parents also have the same problem .But 2. they have got American girl—an American company. It is famous for its beautiful dolls. Though there are many famous dolls in the world. American girl dolls are becoming one of the most popular birthday 3. for girls.
What makes American girl dolls so popular among girls ? The 4. is in her matching (相配的)hair, skin, eye color, clothing and so on. That is to say, there are 5. kinds of dolls for buyers to choose and the dolls look 6. their owners. The company hopes their dolls can make girls 7. that it is OK to be different from others.
The company gives each American girl doll her own name and special background. They also invite writers to 8. books about her. The stories in the books are mainly about different periods of American history. So 9. the girls are playing with their dolls, they can get a lot of fun and they can learn 10. about history, too. "
Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, and I was driving .
At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroad with a traffic light. I was on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned , and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. No car, no suggestion of headlights, there I sat, waiting for the light to , the only human being, for at least a mile in any .
I started wondering why I to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no in going through it.
Much later that , after I'd met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I'd stopped for that light me. I think I stopped it's part of a contract(契约) we all have with each other. It's not only the law, but it's an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow : we don't go through red lights.
We do we say we'll do. We show up when we say we'll show up.
I was so of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, I had to tell someone.
1.A. fastB. slowlyC. carefullyD. hard
2.A. lateB. aloneC. worriedD. afraid
3.A. greenB. yellowC. redD. dark
4.A. andB. orC. soD. but
5.A. returnB. changeC. startD. continue
6.A. attentionB. backgroundC. directionD. information
7.A. refusedB. decidedC. preparedD. forgot
8.A. hardlyB. luckilyC. usuallyD. clearly
9.A. dangerB. excuseC. spaceD. energy
10.A. momentB. nightC. afternoonD. morning
11.A. depended onB. looked forward toC. stayed away fromD. came back to
12.A. thoughB. unlessC. becauseD. until
13.A. meB. itC. himD. us
14.A. whatB. howC. whyD. that
15.A. tiredB. readyC. proudD. sorry
She's not strong enough walking up mountains.
A. to go B. going C. go D. went
Sally took a photo of her friends while they computer games.
A. play B. are playing C. have played D. were playing
It's much to have a small lovely room than a big cold one.
A. good B. well C. better D. best
I don't remember the book yesterday.
A. where I put B. where did I put
C. where will I put D. where I will put
